Mobile Apps

Sprayer Calibration Calculator

This app will assist an applicator with calibrating a pesticide sprayer. It can be used for aerial, ground, turf, and boomless applications.

FREE - Released July 2014

Midwest Ornamental Grasses

Topic: Horticulture

Discover 20 stunning ornamental grasses to plant around your home and garden that thrive in the midwest US climate. This app takes you through selecting the perfect species to planting and how to care for the grass. Watch our video series with Greg Stack, U of I Extension horticulturist, to learn how to care for your ornamental grass and even upload your own ornamental grass success for others to see.

FREE - Released May 2014

Catch the Carrot

Topic: Kids/Nutrition

This is an educational children's game where the player must answer questions about particular foods. Questions
are aimed to teach children information about nutrition and healthy foods. Each question is read aloud for kids to follow.

Our Rose Garden

Topic: Horticulture

Our Rose Garden features information about various roses, how to plant and prune roses, how to protect
roses in the winter, a gallery to keep track of favorite roses with notes, information on diseases and pests,
and includes several University of Illinois Extension YouTube videos about rose care.

Recipes for Diabetes

Topic: Nutrition

View over 140 recipes that are easily used to prepare
meals for people with diabetes. Each recipe contains an approximate nutritional analysis
for calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, sodium, and cholesterol.
For those using the carbohydrate counting method of meal planning, carbohydrate units are provided.

MRTN/Nitrogen Application Calculator

The Maximum Return To Nitrogen (MRTN) calculations combine the agronomics of nitrogen rate research
and the realities of economic fluctuations to provide a customized nitrogen rate.

FREE - Released January 2013

Chicago Water Walk

Chicago Water Walk takes you on a tour of the city's beautiful downtown lake and river fronts. Along the way, you will learn
just how important these resources are to the regionâthrough fun facts, history, biology, and more.